Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a ...

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win.

A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron ...

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the ...

Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold ...